Man accidentally shot in Fort Bend County

A 20-year-old man was accidentally wounded in a shooting as he was showing a friend how to load a handgun early Thursday morning at a mobile home park in Fort Bend County.

The shooting happened about 1:45 a.m. in the 5500 block of FM 762 in the Richmond area, according to the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said the man, whose name has not been released, was taken to OakBend Medical Center’s William Way Hospital on U.S. 59. He had been shot in the lower abdomen. His condition was not released.

No other injuries were reported.

Deputies said the man was showing a friend how to load a Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun. When he handed the gun to his friend, at some point the weapon accidentally fired. The man’s friends drove him to the hospital.